Recommendations to the Board
ALAC Advice Status | GAC Advice Status | RSSAC Advice Status | SSAC Advice Status
The Board receives recommendations from a variety of sources from the ICANN community, including advice from the Advisory Committees as set forth in Article 12 of ICANN's Bylaws. As part of the Process Documentation Initiative in 2017, a workflow document and handbook were created to provide more transparency into the Board Advice Process. For more information on Registration Data, please visit our Registration Data at ICANN page.
This page provides information on the status of advice to the Board from the Advisory Committees identified below:
- At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
- Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)
- Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)
- Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)
As of December 2019, actions and updates related to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) are now included on this page. You may also refer to more information regarding GAC Advice on the GAC website.
Latest Advice to the ICANN Board
As of 31 December 2022
| Advisory Committee | Date | Advice Document |
|---|---|---|
| At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) | 2 May 2022 | ALAC Advice to the Board on the ICANN74 Travel Acknowledgement |
| Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) | 26 September 2022 | ICANN75 Kuala Lumpur GAC Communiqué |
| Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) | 28 November 2022 | RSSAC000v7: RSSAC Operational Procedures |
| Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) | 9 June 2022 | SAC121: SSAC Briefing on Routing Security |
Advice Status Reports
The following reports provide status and details of related resolutions, scorecards, and implementation actions for advice items issued by the ALAC, RSSAC, SSAC, and GAC:
- ALAC, RSSAC, and SSAC Report [PDF | XLSX]
- In consultation with the Advice Providers, quarterly reporting will begin in 2022 to improve efficiency.
- GAC Report [PDF | XLSX] (as of 31 January 2023)
Information on individual items for each Advisory Committee can be found on the individual Advisory Committee Advice Status pages (linked at the top of this page).
Summary of Advice Items by Advisory Committee
| Phase | ALAC | GAC | RSSAC | SSAC | Total Items by Phase |
| Phase 1 | Receive & Acknowledge | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Phase 2 | Understand | 40 | - | 1 | 7 | 48 |
| Phase 3 | Evaluate & Consider | 10 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 37 |
| Phase 4 | Implement | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 32 |
| Phase 5 | Close | - | - | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| Total Open Items by Advisory Committee |
52 | 22 | 18 | 49 | 141 |
| Total Items Closed in Past 12 Months |
2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
Archived Status Reports
ALAC, RSSAC, and SSAC:
March 2022 [PDF | XLSX] October 2022 [PDF | XLSX] | December 2022 [PDF | XLSX]
GAC: October 2020 [PDF | XLSX] | August 2021 [PDF | XLSX] | September 2022 [PDF | XLSX]
Action Request Register Phases and Descriptions
Advice to the Board is processed via a five-phase process, as described below. Click on the individual advice status pages for each Advisory Committee for more detailed information regarding the phases.
Background on the Action Request Register (ARR) and Board Advice Reporting
The ICANN Organization developed the Action Request Register (ARR) process framework, described in more detail in the pages above, to manage community requests to the ICANN Board and Organization in a consistent, efficient, and transparent manner. Centralized processes were implemented to accommodate advice to the Board from ICANN's Advisory Committees including: the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC), the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC).
In October 2016, ICANN issued a status report to the ALAC, RSSAC and SSAC on historical advice to the ICANN Board issued between 2010 and mid-2015. The Board's status reports on historical items can be found below. Updated Status on all items can be found in the reports listed above.
- At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) (19 October 2016) [PDF]
- Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) (19 October 2016) [PDF]
- Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) (19 October 2016) [PDF]
In September 2022, ICANN issued a status report to the GAC on historical advice from 2013 to 2022. The status report can be found below.
- Governmental Advisory Committee (2 September 2022) [PDF]
Important note: The Board Resolutions are as reported in the Board Meeting Transcripts, Minutes & Resolutions portion of ICANN's website. Only the words contained in the Resolutions themselves represent the official acts of the Board. The text provided in this database explaining Resolutions is an interpretation that has no official authority and does not represent the purpose behind the Board actions, nor does any explanation or interpretation modify or override the Resolutions themselves. Resolutions can only be modified through further action by the ICANN Board.